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Per kelvin to ppm per kelvin

Type a value in 1/K to get it in ppm/K instantly.

12,000,000ppm/K

That's 171,429× as much as plastic — nothing on our list beats it. A 10 m beam would move about 4,800,000 mm over a 40 °C swing.

What it means

How much does it move?

Linear expansion. Volume expansion is roughly three times the linear figure for solids.

The math

How to convert 1/K to ppm/K

To convert per kelvin to ppm per kelvin, multiply by 1,000,000.

Example: 12 1/K × 1,000,000 = 12,000,000 ppm/K.

In the other direction, 1 ppm/K = 1×10⁻⁶ 1/K.

Every unit

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Tables

1/K to ppm/K conversion table

1/K to ppm/K conversion table
1/Kppm/K
0.5 1/K500,000 ppm/K
1 1/K1,000,000 ppm/K
5 1/K5,000,000 ppm/K
9 1/K9,000,000 ppm/K
12 1/K12,000,000 ppm/K
14 1/K14,000,000 ppm/K
17 1/K17,000,000 ppm/K
21 1/K21,000,000 ppm/K
23 1/K23,000,000 ppm/K
30 1/K30,000,000 ppm/K
70 1/K70,000,000 ppm/K
200 1/K200,000,000 ppm/K
ppm/K to 1/K conversion table
ppm/K to 1/K conversion table
ppm/K1/K
0.5 ppm/K5×10⁻⁷ 1/K
1 ppm/K1×10⁻⁶ 1/K
5 ppm/K5×10⁻⁶ 1/K
9 ppm/K9×10⁻⁶ 1/K
12 ppm/K1.2×10⁻⁵ 1/K
14 ppm/K1.4×10⁻⁵ 1/K
17 ppm/K1.7×10⁻⁵ 1/K
21 ppm/K2.1×10⁻⁵ 1/K
23 ppm/K2.3×10⁻⁵ 1/K
30 ppm/K3×10⁻⁵ 1/K
70 ppm/K7×10⁻⁵ 1/K
200 ppm/K0.0002 1/K

Quick answers

Quick answers

How many ppm/K is 1 1/K?
1 1/K is 1,000,000 ppm/K.
How many ppm/K is 10 1/K?
10 1/K is 10,000,000 ppm/K.
How many ppm/K is 12 1/K?
12 1/K is 12,000,000 ppm/K.

The units

About these units

Per kelvin (1/K)

The raw SI form. Steel is 0.000012 per kelvin, which is why ppm is preferred.

Ppm per kelvin (ppm/K)

Parts per million per kelvin, the everyday engineering unit. Steel is 12.

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